Re: Aarch64 stand-alone application for Xen

[Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 at 03:32, Bertrand Marquis <Bertrand.Marquis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Mathieu,
>
> > On 25 Nov 2021, at 22:59, Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > Good day,
> >
> > I am in the process of adding support for aarch64 to the xen-sys
> > crate[1].  The crate currently supports x86_64 and includes a
> > stand-alone "oxerun" application that can be used to validate
> > hypercalls.  My goal is to provide the same functionality on arm64.  I
> > am looking for a stand-alone aarch64 example, something like an "hello
> > world" to help me with the assembler startup code.
>
> We are working on porting XTF to arm64 and already have something running.
> I think it could be a good starting point for you:
> https://github.com/orzelmichal/xtf/tree/arm-devel
>

I just ran the "test-arm-mmu64le-example" and things work as
advertised - this is really nice!  I will have to see how this thing
is put together but the outcome is exactly what I was looking for.

You're awesome - thanks,
Mathieu

> Regards
> Bertrand
>
> >
> > Many thanks for the consideration,
> > Mathieu
> >
> > [1]. https://crates.io/crates/xen-sys
> >
>